This afternoon council leader James Alexander ordered that an internal review into the implementation of the restrictions on Lendal Bridge and Coppergate will take place, but even before that several councillors were already calling for Labour's Dave Merrett to stand down.

A York Labour statement said yesterday “Calls for Labour councillors to resign is what we expect from our Conservative and Liberal Democrat opposition. On the more important matter of the adjudicator’s comments and their implications, we will await the legal guidance the council is seeking”.